I've got an old back boiler which has just leaked, had Brit gas come out and said the heat exchanger has failed and that I'd need a new boiler.

Surely there must be a way to replace the heat exchanger rather than have no alternative to spend £££s on a new boiler and gubbins.

Oddly, the same day after the annual safety inspection, the boiler manages to heat up a tank of hot water and then fail.
Isn't that good timing ?

Any help would be grately appreciated !

John, November 2008

You will struggle getting a heat exchanger for this boiler as it is now obsolete and the powers that be want us all to change to combi/condensing boilers.You will find that if you try and get a new boiler you will be urged towards these kind of boilers and back boilers are a thing of the past.Only problem is you can see the amount of questions of faults on these forums are all combi/condensor related and they cost a small fortune when they do go wrong.Ive Thrown my Corgi registration in the bin because of all the daft legislation and i aint paying over £3k every 5 yrs to renew the right to work on appliances.Im sorry but you will struggle to get the old boiler fixed.

Tony S, November 2008